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	U Thant - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		On November 3, the assembly appointed U Thant of Burma (now known as Myanmar) as acting secretary general; he was then elected, and in 1966...
		U Thant (Burmese : ဦးသန္‌့ ; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971.
		U THANT (MYANMAR) THIRD UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL U Thant**, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, was chosen to head the world...
	encarta.msn.com /U_Thant.html (266 words)

	U Thant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U Thant was born at Pantanaw, Burma, and was educated at the National High School in Pantanaw and at University College, Rangoon, where he studied history.
		U Thant was re-appointed for a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly on 2 December 1966 on the unanimous recommendation of the Security Council.
		U Thant was married to Daw Thein Tin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U_Thant (1574 words)

	U Thant Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U Thant Island from the north, with the Williamsburg Bridge in the background.
		U Thant Island, or officially Belmont Island, is a tiny 100 x 200 foot (30 x 60 metre) artificial island in New York City's East River, just to the south of Roosevelt Island.
		The island has its origins in the 1890s as a side-effect of the construction by William Steinway, of piano manufacturer Steinway and Sons, of trolley tunnels under the river to link bustling Manhattan to his eponymous company town in Steinway, Queens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U_Thant_Island (545 words)

	U Thant Summary
		Though U Thant was frustrated by his limited powers, his elevation to the highest executive position in the international organization was one of the key indicators of the new importance of Asian nations.
		U Thant was re-appointed for a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly on 2 December 1966 on the unanimous recommendation of the Security Council.
		On the day of U Thant's funeral on December 5, 1974, tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Rangoon to pay their last respects to their distinguished countryman whose coffin was displayed at Rangoon's Kyaikasan race course for a few hours before the scheduled burial.
	www.bookrags.com /U_Thant (2752 words)

	General Information about New York
		Staten Island is the third largest and least populous of the five boroughs.
		The island is physically closer to New Jersey, to which it is connected by four bridges, than to the rest of New York City, to which it is connected only by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the world-famous Staten Island Ferry.
		Staten Island has dozens of distinct neighborhoods or towns, and it has the highest proportion of single-family housing and owner-occupied housing in the city.
	www.new-york-hotels-usa.com /about/general.htm (1214 words)

	Reflections on a Forgotten Secretary-General
		U Thant begins his autobiography: "To understand my conception of the role of the Secretary General, the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood.
		U Thant recognized in early sixties that for first time in history, enough food could be produced to feed mankind, but it was not just the moral imperative of the "haves" cutting the "have-nots" in on the pie but also of their self-interest, "I believe that is possible for the advanced countries.
		In Cyprus, U Thant persisted in negotiations despite the fact that the guarantors, Greece, Turkey, and Great Britain, were unwilling to modify their positions and were at loggerheads with the Cypriot Government.
	www.international-relations.com /CM7-1WB/U-Thant-WB.htm (1749 words)

	Manhattan
		The island was settled by the Dutch in 1613 as a fur trading post founded by Hendrick Christiansen; it must also be mentioned that Jan Rodrigues, the first African-American resident of New York, was among the first settlers.
		Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island; but the Harlem River Ship Canal, dug in the late 19th century to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separated it from the remainder of Manhattan, and eventually the part of the original Harlem River channel separating Marble Hill from the Bronx was filled in.
		Manhattan Island is recorded as having 20 square miles (51.8 km²) of land, and measures 13 miles (21 km) long and 2.3 miles (3.7 km) wide (at its widest point).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/manhattan.html (2596 words)

	U Thant's Island
		U Thant Island, or officially Belmont Island, is a tiny 100 x 200 foot (30 x 60 metre) artificial island in New York City's East River, just to the south of Roosevelt Island.
		The island has its origins in the 1890s as a side-effect of the construction by William Steinway, of piano manufacturer Steinway and Sons, of trolley tunnels under the river to link bustling Manhattan to his eponymous company town in Steinway, Queens.
		U Thant Island was the secretary-general of the United Nations between 1961 and 1971.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-history/u-thant-island.htm (398 words)

	Island Retreats for Wading Birds - Wired New York Forum
		Others say wading birds have forsaken those islands because owls, hawks and raccoons who once fed on garbage in the Fresh Kills landfill have ventured farther afield as the landfill gradually closed and are preying on heron eggs and young on the island.
		U Thant Island, across from the United Nations and named for the onetime secretary general, has a dozen nests of double-crested cormorants, one of which is plainly visible to passing boats.
		Mill Rock Island, home to 50 pairs of fl-crowned night heron, in the most dangerous part of the channel because of its swift waters and eddies, was the site of the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=17995 (1997 words)

	Long Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To the west, Brooklyn and Queens are separated from Manhattan and the Bronx by the East River, and from Staten Island and New Jersey by the waters of Upper New York Bay, a portion of New York Harbor.
		Long Island is connected to the mainland and the other island boroughs by a ribbon of vehicular bridges that cross the East River, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge (which connects to Staten Island), and several tunnels carrying motor vehicles and trains.
		Long Island has a climate that is very similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States; it has warm, humid summers and cold winters, but the Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thunderstorms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Long_island (7014 words)

	Intercommunal Violence
		In January 1964, after an inconclusive conference in London among representatives of Britain, Greece, Turkey, and the two Cypriot communities, UN Secretary General U Thant, at the request of the Cyprus government, sent a special representative to the island.
		Before long, a substantial portion of the island's Turkish Cypriot population was crowded into the Turkish quarter of Nicosia in tents and hastily constructed shacks.
		Invited by Makarios, General Grivas returned to Cyprus in June to assume command of the National Guard; the purpose of the new law was to curb the proliferation of Greek Cypriot irregular bands and bring them under control in an organization commanded by the prestigious Grivas.
	www.rivierahotel-northcyprus.com /History/Historical12.htm (1006 words)

	Informat.io on U Thant
		During the period of 5 December 1974 to 11 December 1974, the student demonstators also built a temporary mausoleum for U Thant on the grounds of the RUSU and gave anti-government speeches.
		In the early morning hours of 11 December 1974 Burmese troops stormed the campus, killed some of the students guarding the make-shift mausoleum, removed U Thant's coffin and reburied it at the foot of the Shwedagon Pagoda where it now lies.
		In 1978 U Thant's memoirs View from the UN was posthumously published initally by the American publishing house Doubleday.
	www.informat.io /?title=U_Thant (1439 words)

	Islands of North America
		Vancouver Island- The capital of the Province Victoria is at the southern end of the island.
		Hotels in Victoria Queen Charlotte Islands- or Haida Gwaii are an island archipelago off the north-west coast of the Province consisting of two main islands: Graham Island in the North, and Moresby Island in the south.
		Gulf Islands- this is the name collectively given to the islands in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada.
	www.discovertheislands.com /islands_of_North_America.html (1202 words)

	Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - U
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	education.music.us /U.htm (882 words)

	The Morning News- Hart Island, by Clay Risen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A majority of the city’s islands, however, are inaccessible to the public – which is unfortunate, because in many cases they are also the most interesting.
		There’s U Thant Island, just below Roosevelt, originally called Belmont Island but changed after followers of the guru Sri Chinmoy landed there and built a memorial to the former UN secretary general (himself a close friend of Chinmoy).
		While the island is uninhabited today, for most of its history it was home to a variety of penal facilities.
	themorningnews.org /archives/new_york_new_york/hart_island_PRINT.php (906 words)

	Manhattan guide and Manhattan Business Directory
		It occupies the whole of Manhattan Island, surrounded by the East River, the Harlem River, and the Hudson River.
		It also includes some smaller islands, including Roosevelt Island (formerly Welfare Island, and even earlier Blackwell's Island), U Thant Island (officially known as Belmont Island), and a small portion of the North American mainland (Marble Hill) contiguous with The Bronx.
		Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island; but the Harlem River Ship Canal, dug in the late 19th century to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separated it from the remainder of Manhattan, and eventually the part of the original Harlem River channel separating Marble Hill from the Bronx was filled in.
	www.manhattan.pro (456 words)

	Ask Us A Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Manhattan is both the Island of Manhattan and also the Borough of Manhattan, one of the five boroughs of New York City.
		Manhattan Island is bound by the Hudson River to the west and the East River to the east.
		The borough of Manhattan includes both Manhattan Island and several small islands, including Randall's Island, Ward's Island, and Roosevelt Island to the east and Ellis Island, Liberty Island, and Governors Island to the south in New York Harbor.
	www.avoo.com /wiki/Manhattan (5373 words)

	POHA \| Overview
		The port is ranked first in the United States in foreign waterborne tonnage, second in the U.S. in total tonnage, and tenth in the world in total tonnage.
		From the Gulf of Mexico, deep-draft vessels enter Galveston Bay between Bolivar Peninsula to the northeast and Galveston Island to the south.
		This entrance is called Galveston Harbor and extends from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico through the pass formed by the jetties extending from Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula to Bolivar Roads, the deep-water area between Bolivar Roads, the deep-water area between Bolivar Point and Pelican Island Fort Point.
	www.portofhouston.com /geninfo/overview1.html (604 words)

	Manhattan - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Duke of York occupied it in 1664 and according to the Treaty of Breda ending the second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665 to 1667 it was offically recognised as English property (in exchange for the small island of Run in the East Indies).
		Manhattan Island is 21 km (13 miles) long and 3.7 km (2.3 miles) wide (at its widest point).
		On May 28 and July 12 the sunset is aligned with the street grid lines, so that the sun is visible at or near the horizon from street level.
	www.voyager.in /Manhattan (2334 words)

	Baha'i News -- Spiritual Life Returns to New York Harbor
		These days, the East River is entrusted by associates of Sri Chinmoy to guard the memory of U Thant, a devout Buddhist who served as the third United Nations secretary-general.
		Leased from New York State and unofficially renamed U Thant Island by the group Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, it was dedicated in 1977.
		The silence of U Thant's memory will bring his ideals forward," explains a Sri Chinmoy spokesman, who asks not to be identified.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/2002/020605-11.html (2221 words)

	Map Of New York, Map Of New York information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Some industries are concentrated in outstate locations also, such as ceramics (the southern tier of counties) and photographic equipment (Rochester).
		The island separates into two forks at the eastern end, known as the North Fork and South Fork.
		New York QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
	www.newyorkd.com /MapOfNewYork (1240 words)

	Wired New York Forum - Island Retreats for Wading Birds
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		December 4th, 2003 09:00 AM Island Retreats for Wading Birds
		June 2nd, 2006 03:36 AM June 2, 2006
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4308 (2038 words)

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